Elizabeth I of Russia, att. F.Sampsois (c.1797, Hillwood museum)

Snuffbox with miniature of empress elizabeth i made by: unknown __ __box sampsois, françois __attr. __miniature on view in: mansion exhibit - icon room - tv 2 about this object a rectangular hinged box. On the cover is a rectangular miniature of empress elizabeth i (elizaveta petrovna) of russia seated at half length. She is wearing a blue sash probably of the order of saint andrew and holding a closed fan in her right hand. A column and a piece of drapery are in the background. The miniature is framed by a narrow tooled gold band and another in black enamel. The top of the lid, the upper part of the sides and the bottom of the box are edged by a band of gold palmettes in overlapping crescents on a black ground, outlined in light blue enamel. The sides and the bottom are covered with a criss-cross pattern with rosettes in tooled gold. Category: goldwork object name:container for smoking and tobacco usemade from: gold -- enamel -- miniature made in: france: paris date made:ca. 1797size: h. 3 3/16 in. , w. 2 3/4 in. Box __8. 10 cm __9. 52 cm.